Homestyle Alfredo

How it scored 75 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 25 listed

• 1 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 2 Cream
  The fat-rich liquid separated from milk. FDA standards of identity (21 CFR 131.150 / 131.155 / 131.157) classify by milkfat content: heavy c…
  Safe
• 3 Butter
  Dairy product churned from cream of cow's milk; ~80% milkfat by FDA standard of identity.
  Safe
• 4 Parmigiano Reggiano
  Parmigiano-Reggiano is a hard, granular Italian cheese with PDO protection.
  Low
• 5 Enzyme Modified Egg Yolk
  Egg yolk treated with phospholipase or other enzymes to enhance emulsification and heat stability.
  Low
• 6 Modified Starch
  Starch from corn, potato, tapioca, wheat, or rice that has been physically, enzymatically, or chemically modified (E1400-E1452) to improve c…
  Low
• 7 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 8 Romano Cheese
  Hard, salty Italian-style cheese typically made from cow, sheep, or goat milk; aged grated cheese.
  Low
• 9 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 10 Whey
  Liquid or dried protein-rich byproduct of cheese making, derived from milk.
  Low
• 11 enzyme modified cheese paste —
• 12 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 13 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 14 Black Pepper
  Dried, ground berries of the Piper nigrum plant.
  Safe
• 15 Yeast Extract
  Concentrate of soluble compounds from autolyzed Saccharomyces yeast cells; contains naturally occurring glutamates and nucleotides.
  Low
• 16 Cheddar
  Hard cow's milk cheese with FDA standard of identity (21 CFR 133.113); aged from a few months to several years.
  Safe
• 17 Bay Leaf
  Aromatic dried leaves of Laurus nobilis (true bay) or related species, used as a culinary herb.
  Safe
• 18 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 19 Butterfat
  Anhydrous milkfat; the fat fraction of cow's milk separated from whey and casein.
  Low
• 20 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 21 Semi-Skimmed Milk
  Cow's milk with reduced fat (typically 1.5-1.8% fat in EU; comparable to U.S. 'reduced fat' or 2% milk).
  Low
• 22 Microbial Culture
  Live or active cultures of bacteria/fungi used for fermentation (e.g., Lactobacillus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Bifidobacterium).
  Low
• 23 Enzyme
  Industrial food enzyme — protein catalysts derived from plants, animals, or microorganisms (often via fermentation), added to food to perfor…
  Low
• 24 Cow'S Milk
  Liquid secreted by the mammary glands of cows, used directly or as a base for dairy products.
  Low
• 25 Milk
  Lacteal secretion from cows or other domesticated ruminants (goats, sheep). Contains water, lactose, milk fat, casein and whey proteins, vit…
  Low